Landratsamt BODENSEEKREIS

A network FIT FOR THE FUTURE

As part of a Europe-wide tender for the exchange of network components, NTS was convincing with their clearly structured concept that was described in every detail. This project targeted the installation and the launch of a modern, highly available network for the district council (“Landamt”) Bodenseekreis in Friedrichshafen. The network had to display a good performance and needed to have the possibility of a central configuration including the monitoring of alarms.

The network components of the district council Bodenseekreis reached the end of their lifetime and the implementation of 802.1X with many different profiles was a technical challenge. “Not only was NTS convincing during the tender stage with the demonstration of the tasks that needed to be performed, but also with their future-proof recommendations”, explains the IT Manager of the district council Bodenseekreis, Markus Döhler.

NTS provided a project manager for the entire duration of the project, who acted as a single-point-of-contact. The project manager drove all topics internally as well as externally in a controlled way. “We were impressed by the technical expertise of NTS, but likewise by the very good execution of the project management that worked out to be a tremendous support for all employees that were involved”, says a content Markus Döhler.

The entire project has been implemented entirely with products from the manufacturer Cisco. In this context, all new core switches have been clustered into a virtual switch. In the access layer as well, all switches are connected to a logical cluster by stacking modules. The connection to the individual stacks is carried out via several 10 Gbit/s connections to the core switches. Additionally, a central management environment was put into effect in order to provide more security, to greatly facilitate the implementation during daily operation and to shape the network that is fit for the future.